H4912 Definition
- Strong's number
- H4912
- Lemma
- מָשָׁל
- Transliteration
- mâshâl
- Pronunciation
- maw-shawl'
- Strong's definition
- properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) byword, like, parable, proverb. apparently from H4910 (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action;
1 Kings 4:32 - And he spake three thousand proverbs and his songs and five thousand
1 Kings 9:7 - Then will I cut off Israel of my sight of the land which I have given them and this house which I have hallowed for my ~ will I cast out of my sight Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people
1 Samuel 10:12 - of the same place answered And one and said But who is their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among the prophets
1 Samuel 24:13 - As saith the proverb of the ancients from the wicked proceedeth Wickedness but mine hand
2 Chronicles 7:20 - Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land and will make them and this house which I have sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations
Deuteronomy 28:37 - And thou shalt become an astonishment a proverb and a byword among all nations shall lead whither the LORD
Ecclesiastes 12:9 - And moreover because the preacher was wise he still taught knowledge the people and sought out and set in order proverbs many
Ezekiel 12:22 - Son of man what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel saying are prolonged The days faileth and every vision
Ezekiel 12:23 - Tell Tell the Lord to cease I will make this proverb and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel but say are at hand unto them The days and the effect of every vision
Ezekiel 14:8 - And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb and I will cut him off from the midst of my people and ye shall know that I am the LORD
Ezekiel 17:2 - Son of man put forth a riddle and speak a parable unto the house of Israel
Ezekiel 18:2 - What mean ye that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel saying The fathers have eaten sour grapes teeth and the children's are set on edge
Ezekiel 18:3 - As I live saith the Lord GOD ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel
Ezekiel 20:49 - they say I Ah Lord GOD they say of me Doth he not speak parables
Ezekiel 24:3 - And utter house unto the rebellious a parable and say and say the Lord GOD Set on a pot Set on and also pour water
Habakkuk 2:6 - a parable Shall not all these take up against him and a taunting proverb against him and say Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay
Isaiah 14:4 - That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say ceased How hath the oppressor ceased the golden city
Jeremiah 24:9 - And I will deliver for their hurt into all the kingdoms of the earth to be a reproach and a proverb a taunt and a curse in all places whither I shall drive
Job 13:12 - Your remembrances are like unto ashes to bodies of clay to bodies
Job 27:1 - continued Moreover Job his parable and said